This house will be half of the rental housing or two-family house, in the future. It’s located in central Tokyo. Singaporean owner sought to divide the three-story house into halves in the future and to be able to live like a local in a tropical climate. The floor plan of each floor is a left-right reversal so that no difference will be made in the future, regardless of which one is rented. However, there is a large courtyard in the center of the house, and even if the room is divided in half, the courtyard cannot be divided. The two households will be indirectly connected while sharing the natural scenery such as the shade of trees and the sound of the wind. The first floor of the RC structure where guest rooms and studios are located raises the second and third floors where the living room and master bedroom are located and is finished with external insulation. By raising the volume that becomes the core of life, privacy was secured in the residential area, and by connecting the courtyard to the front road by the piloti created by raising the box, the continuity with the city was left appropriately. And we also planned balconies on each floor, with the expectation that the interior of house would have the appearance of a city, a city-like landscape. It is an attempt to connect two households, inside and outside the house, with the courtyard as the axis.

二世帯住宅、または半分が賃貸住宅となる前提の、東京都心に建つ住宅である。シンガポール出身の施主からは、将来的に3階建ての家を縦半分に仕切れること、また熱帯気候の地元のように親自然的な生活ができる事が求められた。各階の間取りは、将来的に分割してどちらを貸しても差が出ないよう左右反転した形となっている。ただし家の中心には大きな中庭があり、将来的に室内が半分に区切られても中庭は区切られず、木陰や木々の音など、自然の風景を共有しながら2世帯は間接的に繋がることとなる。断面的には、ゲストルームやスタジオが配置されたRC打放しの1階が、リビングや主寝室が配置された外断熱の2〜3階を支えている。生活の核になるボリュームを持ち上げる事で住宅地でのプライバシーを強化しつつ、持ち上げる事でできたピロティによって中庭と前面道路を繋ぎ、適度に都市との連続性を残した。各階に計画されたバルコニーも、住宅の内側に生活の表出という都市的な風景ができることを期待して計画している。中庭を大黒柱として、家の内と外、世帯と世帯を繋ごうとする試みである。